Improvement



D. B. HOWELL.

Improvemnt in' Sword-Hangers for Baldrics.

No. 130,718. Patented Au'g.2 0,1 8 72.

UNITED STATES PATENT DAVID B. HOWELL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

iMPROVEMENT IN SWORD-HANGERS FOR BALDRIGS.

' Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 130,?1Q, dated August 20, 1872.

Specification describing an Improv ed S word- Hanger for. Baldrics and similar articles, the

. invention of DAVID B. HOWELL, of Brook- V worn by the order of Knights Templar and others, and of similar articles, are preferably connected by detachable fastenings, in order to provide for their fitting equally well persons of diflerent sizes. The fastenings commonly used for this purpose have been unsuitable, inasmuch as they are composed of too many parts. The object of this invention is to provide a more simple and effective fastening. To this end it consists in the combination, with an annular groove or rabbet, arranged in the hack of the front plate or part of the fastening, and provided with lugs projecting into it from the exterior, of a flanged ring or annular rim on the front of the back plate or part of the fastening, notched to correspond with the lugs on the aforesaid plate, whereby, on the fitting of the two parts together and letting go the ends of the article to which they are attached, they are locked without the use of a third piece.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a back view of the front plate of the fastening. Fig. 2 is a front view of the back part of the same. Fig. 4 is a front view of my improved fastening, showing it locked and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

The fastening represented is designed for a Knight Templars baldric, and its front plate A is made in the form of a Maltese cross, and is attached to the front of the crossed portions of the article in the ordinary manner. In the back of its central portion there is an annular groove or rabbet, a, into which there project, from opposite sides of its exterior, two lugs, b b. The portion of this plate encircled by this groove or rabbet is pierced with a hole of suitable shape to receive the hanger of a sword or other article to be depended from the sash. The other piece B of the fastening is of annular form, and its interior, is of such diameter as will not interfere with the hanger of an article hung from the fastening. It is secured in the usual way to the inner of the crossed portions of the baldric-sash, and on its front there is a projecting ring or annular rim, 0, which is of suitable size to fit within the groove (0 in the plate A. This rim has a flange, f, on its outer edge, provided with two notches in its exterior, in corresponding position to the lugs b b on the plate A. The part B, just described, is so arranged on the baldric that when the end portions of the latter are parallel the notches in the aforesaid piece will be parallel with the lugs on the other part A.

To fasten a baldric having this fastening applied to it, all that is necessary is, after adjusting it in position, to bring the end portion of the article parallel to each other, and

afterward fit the part B to the part A. Then,

if the said portions of the baldric be let go, they will adjust themselves in a crossed position, and by turningthe fastening so that the body of the flange f on the part B will fit under the lugs b b on the part A, and so lock the two together, as shown in Fig. 3, without the aid of any key or locking-piece.

By dispensing with a key or locking-piece, which is used in the fastenings in use, and has to be removed before a sword can be hung from it, all liability of losing any 'of the parts and so rendering the fastening unfit for use, is obviated.

Claim.

The combination, with an annular rabbet or groove arranged in the back of the front plate of the fastening, and having lugs projecting into its interior, of a ring or annular rim, with a flange on its outer end notched to pass the lugs on the other piece and fit into the rabbet in the latter, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

DAVID B. HOWELL. Witnesses:

HENRY T. BROWN, FRED. HAYNES. 

